Comparison

Readwise Highlights vs Canopy

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Readwise Highlights

This app helps you retain more of what you read by centralizing and revisiting your highlights from various reading platforms. It uses spaced repetition and active recall techniques to improve memory and offers features like tagging, note-taking, and OCR for physical books.

Highlights
  • Synchronize highlights from multiple platforms
  • Daily review habit via app and email
  • Spaced repetition and active recall
  • Tag, note, and search highlights
  • OCR for paper book highlights
  • Convert highlights to flashcards
Features
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Readwise helps you get the most out of what you read by making it fun & easy to revisit your highlights from all your favorite reading platforms in one place. Quickly synchronize your highlights from Kindle, Apple Books, Instapaper, Pocket, Medium, Goodreads, and even paper books. Then start building a daily review habit using the app and daily email. By reviewing your highlights every day, you'll retain dramatically more and you'll finally stop forgetting all the details from books you just finished! --- “Readwise is my favorite new service this year. Save highlights from Kindle, Instapaper, and now tweets... one of the best long-term personal learning tools I’ve come across.” — Caleb Hicks “Besides my Kindle, Readwise has been the most influential tech for improving my reading process.” — Blake Reichmann “If you use Kindle or Instapaper or just enjoy keeping and reading highlights, please sign up to Readwise. It will become one of your cherished services.” — Christopher Galtenberg --- ACTUALLY USE YOUR HIGHLIGHTS Highlighting is great, but why bother if you're never going to see any of your highlights again? Readwise makes it easy to quickly liberate all your highlights into one place, ensuring that you'll actually see and use them, including highlights from: • Amazon Kindle • Apple iBooks • Instapaper • Pocket • Medium • Goodreads • Twitter • Physical Books (using OCR) • Manual Input • CSV Upload STOP FORGETTING WHAT YOU READ How often do you finish a book, only to forget the key ideas two weeks later? We don't remember things by just reading them once. Readwise solves this problem using scientifically proven learning techniques called Spaced Repetition and Active Recall. Readwise resurfaces the right highlights at the right times using a daily email and an app. Readwise even makes it possible to convert your best highlights into flashcards for added retention. TAG, NOTE, SEARCH, AND ORGANIZE With your highlights all in one place, Readwise enables you to organize and connect these ideas in new ways. Use search to find a highlight instantly; use tag to organize highlights within your library; use notes to add your own annotations. HIGHLIGHT PAPER BOOKS Readwise also makes it possible to take highlights from your physical books and papers using your phone’s camera. Just snap a pic, highlight with your finger, and have your favorite highlights saved forever. --- If you are not already a Readwise subscriber, you can get started immediately with a 30-day free trial with no credit card upfront. At the end of the trial, you will not be charged unless you choose to subscribe to Readwise Full or Readwise Lite. Price may vary by location. Manage your subscription from your dashboard. --- Support: Check out readwise.io/faq or email us at hello@readwise.io Privacy Policy: https://readwise.io/tos Terms of Service: https://readwise.io/privacy

About

Canopy

This app offers personalized daily insights and live learning experiences to help leaders develop their skills. It provides quick tips, in-depth lessons, and coaching to address leadership challenges and improve team support. Designed for busy professionals, it aims to make leadership growth accessible and effective.

Highlights
  • Personalized daily insights
  • Leadership Skills Assessment
  • Bite-sized learning paths
  • Live group coaching
  • Individual coaching requests
  • Quick skill practice tips
Features
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Introducing Canopy: Our leadership improvement app for leaders in fast-moving work environments who want to feel supported, centered, and more capable in their roles. We give you personalized daily insights to freshen up your skills in just a few minutes – plus meaningful live learning, coaching, and deeper guidance when you face complex leadership challenges. Canopy is a lightweight, thoughtful way to become the leader you’ve always wanted to work for. # See yourself clearly as a leader. Gain a 360º view of your strengths and blindspots with our Leadership Skills Assessment. # Receive personalized quick tips to help you practice skills daily. Each tip is less than 2 minutes, gives you fresh inspiration on-the-go. # Dive deep into a Personal Path to strengthen your skills. Master the non-obvious yet critical leadership practices with bite-sized 5 - 10 minute lessons, tailored specifically for your strengths and opportunities. # Get live coaching to gain greater insight on a specific situation. Attend our group coaching masterclasses "Manager Circles" with managers from around the world, or submit a written request to our team via our “Coach” feature for customized coaching based on your context You should sign up for Canopy if… => You love to learn but don't have time to read leadership books or articles. => You want to support your team but don’t know how. => You’re frustrated with slow progress, performance issues, missed deadlines. => You feel overwhelmed with the responsibilities of leading a team. => It feels like there’s always too much work. And when you join, expect insights that are... ⇒ Personalized to your specific needs. ⇒ Practical and straight to the point, no fluff, jargon or buzzwords. ⇒ Based on research but distilled to be practical. ⇒ Bite-sized to fit your busy schedule. Trusted by 30,000+ managers from at startups, high-growth scale-ups, and the Fortune 500. "I couldn’t do my job without Canopy." - Amy Vasquez, Engineering Leader, Customer Data Experience at Duo Security "I am stunned by what I learn.” - Allison Wasilewski, Director of Operations at Arrival Artists "Canopy is the best online asynchronous content for leadership." - Shannon Donhue, VP of Messaging Operations & Global Connectivity at Telesign "Canopy is the foundation of my leadership." - Chiara Bertipaglia, Head of Programs and Training at Stanford’s Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute. "The best training they’ve ever attended… and super actionable." - Emily Allen, VP of People at SEER Interactive -- Ready to become a better leader? Try Canopy and let us know what you think!

Screenshots

Readwise Highlights4 screens
Canopy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Readwise Highlights at 4.8 against Canopy's 3.7. Readwise Highlights also leads on ratings volume (1.5K vs 3) and review sentiment (69% vs 50%). Canopy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Readwise Highlights sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Canopy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Readwise Highlights holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Readwise Highlights has 1.5K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Readwise Highlights's written reviews are positive against 50% of Canopy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Readwise Highlights ships an update every 2 weeks, Canopy every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Readwise Highlights versus Canopy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReadwise HighlightsCanopy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.5K ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews69.3% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.5K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB6 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperReadwise, IncKnow Your Team LLC

Customer experience

Readwise Highlights

All ratings1,513 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral1.5%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews400 reviews
Positive69.3%
Neutral7.0%
Negative23.8%

Canopy

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Readwise Highlights

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Frequent app crashes
  • Sync failures with certain accounts
  • Unreliable highlight capture

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for more reading apps
  • Improve sync and import capabilities
  • Introduce more customization options
  • Enhance search and organization tools
  • Develop a more intuitive mobile interface

Canopy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Readwise Highlights

Subscriptions8
  • Readwise Lite Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Readwise Lite Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Readwise Full Monthly Plan$8.991 Month
Show 5 more
  • Readwise Full Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Readwise Lite Yearly$52.991 Year
  • Readwise Lite Yearly$66.991 Year
  • Readwise Full Yearly$94.991 Year
  • Readwise Full Yearly$119.991 Year
None

Canopy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Readwise Highlights free?
Readwise Highlights is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Canopy free?
Canopy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Readwise Highlights or Canopy?
Readwise Highlights is rated higher. Readwise Highlights averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while Canopy averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Readwise Highlights or Canopy have ads?
Neither Readwise Highlights nor Canopy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Readwise Highlights or Canopy?
Readwise Highlights ships an update every 2 weeks, and Canopy every 6 weeks. Most recently, Readwise Highlights was updated on October 29, 2026 and Canopy on October 24, 2026.

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